"Anna Burger" was the Secretary-Treasurer of Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and Chair of the Change to Win Federation.

In February 2009, Burger was appointed as a member to the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board to provide the president and his administration with advice and counsel in fixing America's economic downturn. For 2011 she was a Fellow at Harvard_University_Advanced_Leadership_Initiative/Harvard University's Advanced Leadership Initiative.

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It gave us an opportunity to change the labor movement, but unfortunately the labor movement didn't take it.

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Organizing is our core principle. It is our north star.

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You have to fight and hold on for all America, to say to all corporations in this country that in this day and age, America owes working families a decent life.

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The fight starts here and continues from here.

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It's quite a transformation.

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Anna, whatever you do, stick to the union. It's what makes a difference for working people like us.

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Working people know that if a company as profitable as Boeing can skimp on retirement and health care, everyone's future is at risk.

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American workers play by the rules, but the rules no longer work. Wages are down, hours are up and the gap between rich and poor is staggering and growing.

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Union power puts bread on our tables, roofs over our heads. It sends our children to college, and union power helps us retire with security.

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